Overcome Female Infertility - What is Antisperm Antibody Test?

  

As mentioned in previous articles, infertility is defined as the inability of a couple to conceive after 12 months of unprotected sexual intercourse or can not carry the pregnancy to term. It affects more than 5 million couples in the United States alone, and many more times in the world. Because of unawareness of treatments, only 10% seeks help from professional specialist. In this article, we will discuss this test anti-sperm male infertility is.

I. Definition  The antibody test is the sperm procedure helps to see the antigens of the immune system function in sperm invasion by blood tests. Whether or not the immune system recognizes the sperm as foreign body, it will produce white blood cells to kill them.

II. Procedure   Blood is drawn from a vein in the arm of the barren woman in the clinical laboratory and analyzed by immunological infertility specialist.

III. Diagnosis   The test uses a semen sample and add a substance that binds only to a sperm test. Semen sample causes the immune response in the body of the man or woman. If a damaged area in the body or inflammation caused by irregular cell adhesion or implants such as endometriosis or infection of sexually transmitted diseases that can stimulate the production of white blood cells. White blood cells can damage or kill sperm if a large number of sperm antibodies are led to the immune infertility.

  Women may have an allergic to semen from your partner reaction and produce sperm that carry sperm antibody recognizes as foreign invasion failed, producing a high mountain to kill antibody leads to infertility. This type of immune response is not fully understood, and occurs only some small percentage of infertility. It is said that this type of abnormal operation can be treated by controlling the allergic reaction if they are the causes.